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Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso

Zeno Bisoffi1,2*, Sodiomon B Sirima3, Joris Menten4, Cristian Pattaro5, Andrea Angheben1, Federico Gobbi1,2, Halidou Tinto6, Claudia Lodesani7, Bouma Neya2, Maria Gobbo1 and Jef Van den Ende8

Author Affiliations

1 Centre for Tropical Diseases, S. Cuore Hospital, 37024 Negrar (Verona), Italy

2 Projet AnKaHeresso, BP 292 Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

3 Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ministry of Health, B.P. 2208, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

4 Clinical Trials Unit, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium

5 Institute of Genetic Medicine, European Academy (EURAC), Viale Druso 1 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

6 Centre Muraz, BP 390, Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso

7 Médecins Sans Frontières Italy, via Volturno 58, 00185 Rome, Italy

8 Department of Clinical Sciences, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium

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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:192 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-192

Published: 7 July 2010

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Supplement Table 1. Calculation of diagnostic accuracy of RDT for malaria - attributable fever during the low transmission season

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Supplement Table 2. Calculation of diagnostic accuracy of RDT for malaria - attributable fever during the high transmission season

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Supplement Table 3. Diagnostic accuracy of RDT for malaria - attributable fever during the low transmission season based on individual level logistic regression models

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Supplement Table 4. Diagnostic accuracy of RDT for malaria - attributable fever during the high transmission season based on individual level logistic regression models

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